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50/50

2011

Jonathan Levine

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard ...

6.9

19,121

Drama. Comedy Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"A picture with a commercial sensibility and a quippy streak, yet one honest enough to transcend the usual"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Although '50/50' is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom, there's an undercurrent of truth and real feeling (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"Jonathan Levine has the ideal approach to the material, which is to stand aside, frame each scene honestly and let the actors drive the story"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"It succeeds mostly thanks to stellar work by the wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who capably handles the dramatic heavy lifting, and Seth Rogen, who delivers big laughs as his raunchy bud (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"50/50" takes the hackneyed convention of illness-driven melodrama and reinvigorates it with honesty, clear-eyed compassion and unsentimental wit (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Refusing to hide from pain or bow to it, 50/50 makes its own rules. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen are a dream team (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of five)"	POS

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